From the Newsroom: The Register-Guard: Recent Episodes
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Gordon Culbertson, a lifelong logger, reflects on seeing forests regrow on hillsides where he once worked.
Dr. Tom Gallagher, executive director of The Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement, speaks on philosophical shifts in healthcare approaches.
Kelly Burton describes the frustration she feels when doctors don't pay attention to her.
Kaleb Featherston is in his fifth year at University of Oregon, and has been able to see one of the biggest construction booms to campus in just the last year. He shares what he's excited for, and some changes he's noticed as a student this year.
Andrew Greenblatt graduated from UO in 2017; Before the demolition of the Historic Hayward Field, but after giants like Matthew Knight and the new EMU were brought to campus.
He took time on his drive home from work to share his take as a former student & someone still living in Eugene on how far the campus has come and why he was glad to play his part.
University of Oregon Assistant Professor Diego Melgar, an earthquake expert explains how to understand magnitude, as well as the potential effects of a major earthquake on Eugene, Oregon, and how researchers are working on a tsunami early warning system for the West Coast. For the Earth episode 4. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Hsin Ya "Jessie" Huang is one of 15 members of the Youth Preparedness Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. She's a junior at South Eugene High in Eugene, Oregon, and explains why she wants us all to be prepared for disaster. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Chandra LeGue wrote "Oregon's Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide," a book that came out this summer. She also is an advocate for old growth and ancient forests as Western Oregon field coordinator for Oregon Wild. She takes us deep into the woods in the third episode of the For the Earth podcast. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Youth Counselor Sarah Holtschlag talks about the benefits students may see with a new law that allows excused mental health days from school. [Jordyn Brown/The Register-Guard]
The Cascadia High Speed Rail line is still just a concept, its actual construction decades in the future. But Oregon, Washington and British Columbia are working together to study a future corridor for building a modern transportation system advocates believe could better tie the region together. [Adam Duvernay/The Register-Guard]
Jennifer "JJ" Hendrix, assistant manager of Eugene Saturday Market, explains how the reoccurring event tackles waste with a goal of sustainability. For the Earth podcast episode 2 [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
For the Earth, episode 1. Brennen Matherly is a 14-year-old from Eugene, Oregon, trying to get Oregonians to rethink how they toss out plastic straws and other single-use items for food and drink. Pilot podcast. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Larry Hiers talks about a grass fire on July 30, 2019, that burned within 10 feet of the Twin Totem Mobile Home Park where he lives in Glenwood between Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Photographer Chris Pietsch talks about the creation of the photo essay. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Gaurd)
Cynthia Prescott, an associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota and pioneer researcher, talks about discovering pioneer monuments to be a racist project and muses solutions.
While the Father Pioneer has gained plenty of attention, his companion has gone fairly unnoticed. Reporters Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick and Jordyn Brown find out why. [Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick/The Register-Guard]
Edward Hiatt and Jenn Velez, officials with the Northwest Oregon Interagency Fire Organization in Eugene talk about reburns or rekindles, when fire starts a season later after a wildfire. Four reburns recently sprang up in forest east of Eugene-Springfield burned last year in the 11,555-acre Terwilliger Fire. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Andony Melathopoulos, pollinator health extension specialist for the state of Oregon, talks about the Oregon Bee Project and its strategic plan to protect bee pollinators. And, he explains how to run a bee petting zoo. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Lane County Circuit Court Judge Josephine "Jodie" Mooney has been appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Here, she discusses the challenges she's faced as a woman.
Edward Hiatt, interagency fire staff officer for the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other agencies in northwest Oregon, explains what a red flag warning means when it comes to wildfire.
John Stephenson, the lead wolf biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Oregon, explains how he captured trail camera photos of three wolves in the Cascades southeast of Eugene. And the significance of the discovery. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Oregon Department of Forestry spokeswoman Bobbi Doan explains what conditions led to a wildfire starting on the last day of winter in Oregon. The Santiam Park Fire threatened 42 homes as it burned 200 acres. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Scott Oviatt, snow survey supervisor for the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oregon, details on March 11, 2019, what led to a dramatic increase in snowpack over the past month in the state. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
When a juvenile is accused of a sex crime, the path toward adjudication is a long and complicated one. Tim O'Donnell, a deputy district attorney in Marion County's juvenile division, explains what the path looks like from the first allegation to the end of the process. But the victims should not be forgotten in all of this, says the Lane County Sexual Assault Support Services Executive Director BB Beltran. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Dustin Bengtson, deputy operations project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Eugene, discusses reservoirs near Eugene and Springfield in Oregon being lower than normal for this time of year. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Oregon Taxi driver Hawk Phillips talks about the unique role cabbies will continue to play in the Eugene-Springfield area.
Anna San Filippo, 9, sums up her feelings about an upcoming trip around the country that she and her family will make in a converted school bus. [Jack Moran/The Register-Guard]
Friday, Nov. 16 Q&A with Professor and journalist Peter Laufer discussing the content of his 19th book, "Dreaming in Turtle."
There's a reason why Veterans Day is on Nov. 11. Learn about Armistice Day, the precursor to Veterans Day. The day marked the 1918 truce that led to the end of World War I. The Register-Guard went in search of history connected to Lane County and Oregon. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Joe Moll has been the executive director of the McKenzie River Trust for 14 years. He discussed the importance of the river to Eugene with The Register-Guard. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Several neighbors of Lance Jacobs called 911 on the morning of Oct. 17 to report his house was on fire. Then, the sound of gunfire could be heard. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Recordings from 911 dispatchers detail a shooter's ambush of firefighters responding to an Oct. 17, 2018, house fire on Oakdale Avenue in Springfield, Oregon. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Reporter Alisha Roemeling and digital editor Rob Denton discuss a Register-Guard story from Oct. 28, 2018 on homeless students in Lane County.
Photo: At top, Seth Harto, 19, and Rayna Woods, 19, are attending Lane Community College and temporarily living with host families after years of irregular housing. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard)
Top State Department of Education official Colt Gill holds a press conference Wednesday to discuss the release of state report cards. [Courtesy of Oregon Governor's Office]
Eugene police Chief Chris Skinner describes how the Eugene Police Department will utilize three new video surveillance trailers on Oct. 19, 2018. The day was the first that Eugene police used the trailers, starting on corners in downtown Eugene. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Springfield Police Lt. Scott McKee explains what happened early on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 when fire fighters arrived at a reported house fire on the 500 block of Oakdale Avenue in Springfield. (Rob Denton/The Register-Guard)
Rachelle Hanson of Springfield talks about being bitten by a pit bull-type dog as she walked along G Street on Sept. 22, 2018. [Jack Moran/The Register-Guard]
Jane DeGroot had a 24 year relationship with Ed Hughes. The two, who never married, agreed when their quality of life was no longer worth living that they wanted to die.
Winnie Barron of Brownsville talks about how an idea to help children in Africa led to the opening of the Makindu Children's Center in Kenya in 1998. The center has helped 18,000 youths over the past 20 years, Barron said.
Mazen Malik, senior economist with the Oregon Legislative Revenue Office, talks about the expectations and realties of the state's recreational marijuana business. The industry has become grown faster than expectations and is on its way to being a $500 million annual industry. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Andy Gitelson, executive direcotr of the Oregon Hellel Foundation, describes how people in the Jewish community at the University of Oregon should react to racial attacks on anyone. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Jordan has the game-winning hit in each of the first two games of the NWL championship series.
Register-Guard reporter Alisha Roemeling on A3 going back to school and why this story is so important to tell.
Producer: Rob Denton/The Register-Guard
Wayne Wiser describes how a piece of barbedwire became lodged in his heart in a farming accident. Photo by Brian Davies/The Register-Guard [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Jo Niehaus, spokeswoman at the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, says the smoke in Eugene and Springfield on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, is coming from the Terwililger Fire. She explains how long it might linger. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Dan Sullivan, an air opperations manager with the interagency team managing the Terwilliger Fire, explains why an unauthorized drone flying close to the Terwilliger Fire on Aug. 26, 2018, caused the grounding of helicopters. The fire is burning east of Springfield, Oregon. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
A dry, mild spring and a hot summer have led to a boom in yellow jackets this year in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Gavin Roberts of Eugene and Jeff Choate, a gardening expert in Eugene, share their sting stories. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Lauren Card describes surviving the Las Vegas shooting, an event that inspired her to become a police officer at the Springfield Police Department. Her first day was Monday. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Youth plaintiff Kiran Oommen, a Eugene native who now attends Seattle University, talks about the potential impact of the federal case and why it makes sense for members of his generation to sue the government over climate change.
Robert Noble of Springfield describes encountering the Terwilliger Fire on Sunday as he and his son Parker Noble fled Terwilliger Hot Springs in the Willamette National Forest. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Jennifer Velez, spokeswoman for the interagency team fighting the Terwilliger Fire, gives an update about the blaze on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Oregon will have a new kicker and snapper with competition ongoing for returnees at punter and returner.
Lane Regional Air Protection Agency spokeswoman Jo Niehaus explains why the air is getting worse in Eugene and Springfield due to wildfire smoke. And, predicts when a change in weather might bring relief. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
The senior defensive end said the trip to Nike could begin Oregon's focus to improve on road trips.
The city of Eugene has launched a public saftey survey to understand whether Eugene-are residents feel safe and what programs and services the city should invest more or less time in. Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin explains what prompted the survey and why it's important to city officials.
U.S. Forest Service officials discuss the challenge of clearing 800 dump trucks worth of debris off Forest Road 19, or Aufderheide Drive, following a December landslide.
North Eugene graduate Brian Conklin and his family are on a worldwide basketball adventure.
Oregon's five-man freshman class arrived for summer school and has gone through four hours of workouts each week with the coaching staff.
Oregon State linebacker Kee Whetzel and offensive lineman Blake Brandel discuss the Beavers' fresh start under coach Jonathan Smith at the Pac-12 media day event in Los Angeles.
Jo Niehaus, spokeswoman for the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, describes how wildfire smoke and ozone pollution is affecting air quality in Lane County, Oregon. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard] Photo [Timothy Bullard/The Daily Courier via AP]
Brennon Kaleiwahea helped Tennessee Tech to its best baseball season ever, but was not selected in the Major League Baseball draft and signed with the Cubs as a free agent
Kids' FIRST Executive Director Sarah Stewart talks about how the nonprofit operates and who it serves. [Alisha Roemeling/ The Register-Guard]
Eugene officials discuss the downtown riverfront park's role in the larger planned redevelopment. (Elon Glucklich/The Register-Guard)
Around the country marijuana use among college students in on the rise, according to an Oregon State University study, but the increase is higher in Oregon than in states where pot remains illegal. The journal Psycology of Addictive Behaviors pusblished the study this week. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
The No. 2 overall selection and future replacement for Buster Posey is hitting .326 with 18 RBIs after getting game-winning hit in 6-2 win over Eugene on Tuesday.
Oregon pitcher Megan Kleist talks about her disappointment when aoch Mike White left for Texas and then welcoming new coach Melyssa Lombardi two weeks later.
Melyssa Lombardi discusses how Oregon softball players have handled the transition period to her as the new coach.
Dave Kjosness, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Forestry in Veneta, Oregon, explains what restrictions come with the elevated fire danger level. Recent hot and dry weather prompted the agency to raise the fire danger level to high for rural Lane County. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
The new owners of George + Violet's Steakhouse talk about why they chose downtown Springfield for their new restaurant. [Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa/The Register-Guard]
Eugene Police Sgt. Wayne Dorman explains how police utilize "bait bikes," or unattended bicycles intended to lure bike thieves in Eugene, Oregon. The bait bike program yeiled two bike theft arrests on July 5, 2018. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Chief Deputy Clifton Harold of the Lane County Sheriff's Office describes a deputy-involved shooting at a commercial marijuana growing opperation east of Cottage Grove that occurred early Thursday morning. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]
Emily Veale, spokeswoman for the Umpqua National Forest, describes the steep and challenging terrain of the Boulder Creek Wilderness in Oregon. A Roseburg woman, Brandy Molatore, went missing for nine days and was found on July 10, 2018, in the wilderness. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Norma Sax, the bookkeeper for the Oregon Country Fair, describes volunteers setting up for the 49th annual event as well as some specail aspects of the fair that visitors can expect to enjoy this year. [Alisha Roemeling/ The Register-Guard]
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio reacts Tuesday to President Trump's pardons for the Hammonds. The Eastern Oregon ranchers had been serving time in federal prison for arson convictions. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Police accuse a Junction City man of felony animal abuse, saying he hurt three cats, including two kittens. Nathaniel Lee Chantland was arrested on Thursday, July 5, 2018. A black 1-year-old female cat, Raven, that he allegedly tortured was taken to a vet for surgery. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Ben McMorran, an associate professor of physics at the University of Oregon, explains how student Sean Hixon's question about cylinder stone hats for Easter Island statues led to an interesting use of physics. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Sean Hixon, a 2015 anthropology graduate from the University of Oregon, discusses why people like himself are interested in the mysteries of the Easter Island Statures. Hixon wrote a thesis and contributed to a study about how the statues got their hats. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
National Weather Service Meteorologist Jon Bonk discusses the new record low temperature for Eugene in July, set on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The new record low for the summer month is 38 degrees, one degree colder than the old record. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Pamela Palmer, administrative assistant for the Creswell Chamber of Commerce, explains on July 3, 2018, why having an F-15 flyover has become a tradition for Fourth of July events in the southern Lane County city. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard].
Sarah Messier, a new firefighter with the Oregon Department of Forestry, describes being close to a fire for the first time as part of fire school training. Messier and her fellow hand crew members had to put out a slash pile practice fire on June 29, 2018, near Sweet Home. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]
Chet Behling, a forester with the Oregon Department of Forestry, explains why the state agency sends first-year firefighters to fire school. Behling works out of Veneta and was among the more than 200 firefighters at a live fire practice Friday, June 29, 2018, near Sweet Home. [Dylan Darling/The Register-Guard]